Staying outside London center

I just saw the post from the same time as mine with the same question. An airbnb in the range of $300-$400 per night would be good. Probably for 5 nights.

Besides the AirBnB website also consider Vrbo to help with your accommodation search.

Don’t go too far out from say Westminster as you’ll spend too much time on transport.

Public transport is good in London. Underground, Overground, Busses.

As far as “ nice “ neighborhoods consider Marylebone, Hammersmith, Notting Hill, Earl’s Court, Kensington, South Kensington, and Camden.

You've probably thought about this, but be sure to include the daily cost of transportation in and out of London for 6 folks. I once stayed in Ealing' a couple blocks from the Tube' and it seemed to be a nice family neighborhood. I remember we found good restaurants and the B & B host was fabulous. I don't think the family does B & B anymore though.

Be very careful with using AirBnB in London. Many can be economical with the truth on location and a number are illegal lets.

Two years ago, we spent a couple of weeks staying in Streatham Hill, in the suburbs south of Central London. It was a pleasant neighborhood, not fancy, but had supermarkets and bakeries, a good fishmonger’s, and a few restaurants - mostly Jamaican and Indian. The tube doesn’t go that far south, so it was an hour’s bus ride to Central London (very convenient bus stops), or a shorter bus ride to the Brixton tube station, where you can catch the Underground. I once stayed on the bus to the Streatham stop (beyond Streatham Hill), and it was scary, with unsavory people hanging around it - I wouldn’t stay in plain Streatham.

Another option in your budget is booking 2 rooms at a Premier Inn. They have a few near the Earl's Court Station and the Hammersmith Station, both on the convenient District Line and the Piccadilly Line. They offer family rooms. The Premier Plus rooms have a mini fridge. 2 rooms means 2 bathrooms. Premier Inn are basic, but they are known to be clean and comfortable.

I once stayed on the bus to the Streatham stop (beyond Streatham Hill), and it was scary, with unsavory people hanging around it - I wouldn’t stay in plain Streatham.

lol the good people of Streatham would have welcomed you with open arms Cyn!

A friend of mine from St Louis Missouri lives in Streatham. She's not unsavoury in the slightest.

I wouldn't put it top of my list for AirBnB destinations though, admittedly. If anything, because it's a bit of trek into central London. The trains go up to London Bridge from Streatham, but it is in the region of 30 minutes journey.

Fulham and Clapham are two places that spring to mind that have lots of housing, some of it big enough for a party of six.

I like Islington. I think that's close enough to central London for the visitor but still a "nice" enough neighbourhood that it's not scary. Off Upper Street, between Angel and Highbury Corner, if that helps with the AirBnB map search.

Cyn mentioned Brixton. That's good that it has a fast Underground link to central, but if you want the full multicultural London experience it's a colourful neighbourhood.